You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality.

Register a free account to unlock additional features at BleepingComputer.com

Welcome to BleepingComputer, a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers. Using the site is easy and fun. As a guest, you can browse and view the various discussions in the forums, but can not create a new topic or reply to an existing one unless you are logged in. Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.

BC AdBot (Login to Remove)

I don't think it's possible. You need the upgrade version. And you need a license key that matches the upgrade version. The best you can do is save your files (somehow . . .) and install Win 98 SE from a cleanly-formatted drive.

FWIW . . . it's been my experience that an upgrade is junk anyway. My first Windows system came with 95 and a free upgrade. I got the upgrade a couple of weeks later and installed it and it was full of bugs. Things like Windows 95 menus popping up on the screen when you moved the mouse. I bought a 98 full edition and did it from scratch and it all worked fine - until I was able to get a copy of SE, which I immediately installed. (Not an upgrade!) I used to do a lot of gaming and re-installed from scratch about every three months to keep it cleaned up.

These days, I don't upgrade so often. Win XP has been running pretty smoothly for about a year.

If you don't have a CDRW invest in one. You will want one anyways. Save all your current data to disc and do a clean install. Of the options available with 98 the full install will be your best one. IMHO